Inky Towers by Shane Gadsby
Draw for your life! The waters will continue to rise exponentially, till they inevitably wipe you off the page. See how high you can go by drawing and jumping your way up.
| Link | https://schme16.itch.io/inky-towers |
| Link | https://github.com/schme16/Ludum-Dare-50 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/inky-towers |
Ratings
| Overall | 431th | 3.726⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 312th | 3.726⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 34th | 4.238⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 292th | 3.988⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 674th | 3.667⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 638th | 3.25⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 775th | 2.794⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 830th | 3.366⭐ | 43🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 41🗳️ | 69🗨️ |
Figured out how to get high scores with my wonky physics. Sometimes you can draw a shape around you that will propel you high when jumping. Maybe it's not intended, but I had a lot of fun breaking your game!

Amazing work though, wow. I'm blown away
With a little more polish and that would be a masterpiece! Well done!

If you put yourself in a hamster ball, you are inside the and then the jump raycaster detects something beneath you and allows you to jump. So just spam jump, because you'll always be in that thing :stuck_out_tongue: I quit when I got the first 1000+ score. Honestly I think this is the only way to get a good score, because for some reason the game deletes your drawings after a score of 300 or so. Maybe if you wanted less wonky physics, perhaps the player should have had an "ink gauge," and random pickups would refill it?
I like this game. I've seen the concept of drawing platforms before, but never with physics. The only thing missing from this game is a satisfying drawing sound :slight_smile:
I conclude my ramble. Keep up the good work, both of you better be in Ludum Dare 51!
Also, holy cow I love that you are straight up ~Hamsterballing~ :3 With more time and polish we could have fine-tuned the physics/drawn objects, something to think about if we want to work more on this one.
Thanks for your kind words, this is my 2nd ever Jam (although Shane's a long-time veteran), this duo will def be back for another Ludum Dare. :v:
Physics is not very predictable. Although in general it adds hardcore and strangeness in it can be perceived as part of the challenge.
It's a cute theme with the lined background and I love that I can draw whatever I want. The ocean graphics are also super cute!!
Overall well done :3
A clear aesthetic and a well polished menu UI.
It did seem that just drawing large boxes on top of each other was a workable strategy but I imagine there were other workable ones (not including the hamster ball cheat :laughing: ).
I also had an issue with my lines disappearing after a certain point but there are always going to be post-jam bugs to squash.
Well done!